Jayson and I talked about this money that we’re getting from my dad and Susan and we made the difficult decision that we should put it all into savings. It’s difficult because we’re poor and it’s really tempting to just go out and spend it all on things that we need. But the truth is that there are all kinds of reasons why we should be saving money, both for the kids and for retirement, and we haven’t saved anything until now.
We did consider using it for some sort of honeymoon after the wedding (now less than a month away!) but it really doesn’t seem practical to take a nice trip with an infant at home. I’m still breastfeeding. And I don’t think it would be a real honeymoon if we turned it into a family vacation instead. So I think we’ll put it on hold until the kids are old enough where we feel like we can leave them with Rachel for a week or longer and not worry.
My son was given a clean bill of health this week from his cardiologist. He was born with a small hole in his heart, which has since healed itself. From what I am being told, it’s extremely unusual for them to heal themselves like that, so either we really got an amazing blessing, or there was never a hole there to begin with. Either way, it’s an enormous relief.
There are some people in my life who want to tell me he was born with a heart condition because I smoke. I find that to be such a hurtful thing to say, considering I did not have a cigarette from the moment I found out I was pregnant until he was almost a month old. I know better. I know I shouldn’t smoke at all, but I think I’m as responsible about it as I possibly can be.
On that note, my grandparents are mormons, and mormons knocked on my door last week. I think my grandparents sent them, but I don’t know for sure. I don’t know much about the church itself, just that it frowns on a lot of things that I like, such as cigarettes and coffee.
For some reason the guys seemed nice and I invited them in. After we talked for a bit they suggested coming back when Jayson was home to talk to both of us. When Jayson got home, I told him about it. I was a little worried he would be angry, but he surprised me by saying he thought it would be nice to have some church in our lives. So, the mormons are coming back tonight, and we’ll see what they have to say.
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